New install problems

[snagglewest]

I had NPVR running great on a 32 bit XP pro box for quite some time, but the OS drive finally died last week. I wasn't really too upset though, it was the perfect excuse to upgrade to WIN7x64 and a SSD! Win7 installed fine and I'm working on getting NPVR back up and running now.

I'm having some problems trying to get everything working again though. I've turned off all the anti-virus and firewall to eliminate those from the equation.

So, I'm basically having 3 problems right now:

Problem 1.
Whenever I exit settings and click the main screen in NPVR I get an unhanded error message. When I click continue it seems to be ok, but it's probably got something to do with problems 2 &3. A screenshot and the text from the error is in the zip.


Problem 2:
When I run RegisterFilter.bat I get an error for every one a screenshot is in the zip. I ran FilterCheck.exe and attached the log in the zip too. I think everything is right, but obviously not... hints? tips?


Problem 3:
I have 3 tuners installed:

1. Silicondust HDHomerun (QAM)
2. HVR-950 (shows as a 980) (analog)
3. AVerMedia H826 hybrid (QAM/analog)

The HDHR and 950 work fine. The H826 QAM works, but I can't get it to recognize the analog side in the devices list much less scan channels. I've double checked the drivers and it works in media center, but NPVR doesn't see it.

I'm half guessing most of this probably has something to do with the 64bit and my lack of experience with it. I'm just a bit overwhelmed right now with all the problems. What's my best point to start here?

snag

[snagglewest]

Logs

[ATTACH=CONFIG]33463[/ATTACH]

Snag

[sub]

So, I'm basically having 3 problems right now:

Problem 1.
Whenever I exit settings and click the main screen in NPVR I get an unhanded error message. When I click continue it seems to be ok, but it's probably got something to do with problems 2 &3. A screenshot and the text from the error is in the zip.

This is a crash happening in the 'System' plugin. I seem to remember seeing this mentioned in the past, and I'm fairly sure there was a fix, so make sure you're using the latest version of this plugin.

Problem 2:
When I run RegisterFilter.bat I get an error for every one a screenshot is in the zip. I ran FilterCheck.exe and attached the log in the zip too. I think everything is right, but obviously not... hints? tips?

On Vista and Win7 a regular user account isn't allowed to perform these types of activities. Click the Start button, type "cmd", then right click on the cmd search result and select 'run as administrator', then do:

Code:

cd \program files(x86)\npvr
registerfilters.bat

Problem 3:
I have 3 tuners installed:

1. Silicondust HDHomerun (QAM)
2. HVR-950 (shows as a 980) (analog)
3. AVerMedia H826 hybrid (QAM/analog)

The HDHR and 950 work fine. The H826 QAM works, but I can't get it to recognize the analog side in the devices list much less scan channels. I've double checked the drivers and it works in media center, but NPVR doesn't see it.

Most analog tuners will work with NextPVR, but you need to have some info added to AnalogDevices.xml before it'll show up. (you also need the Hauppauge SoftPVR software installed, but it sounds like you already got that far if analog works on the HVR-950)

I'd probably be:

Code:

    <Device filter="AVerMedia H826 Hybrid TV Video Capture">
        <Name>AVerMedia H826 hybrid</Name>
        <Type>SOFT_ENCODE</Type>
    </Device>

[mvallevand]

It looks like none of your Plugins have their skins installed, you probably didn't install them correctly.

The System crash is related to SkinHelper plus you have
Missing skin directory 'C:\Users\Public\NPVR\skin\Default\Weather'
TV Listings: error getting skin directory: The path is not of a legal form.

Martin

[snagglewest]

Running registerfilters.bat as administrator did the trick. As I suspected my inexperience let me down

Unfortunately I've hosed things worse than before trying to replace the plug ins and skins. Now all I have to do is curser over the NPVR screen and it instantly throws an exception. I think at this point the best bet is to completely uninstall NPVR and reinstall it fresh.

Is there a way I can save all my channel scan data and the MPG mapping so I don't have to go through that again?

Snag

[sub]

Before reinstalling, try deleting the contents of your plugins directory.

[sub]

If you decide to reinstall, you can keep a backup of you npvr.db3. This contains all the channel scan info.

[Graham]

Is there a way I can save all my channel scan data and the MPG mapping so I don't have to go through that again?

NPVR stores everything in the db3 file and the config.xml in the Data folder. Save those two and put them back after a re-install and you should be okay. But ... config.xml stores some info about plugins.

[snagglewest]

I'm back up and running!

Saved npvr.db3 and did a fresh install. It fixed my problems and adding in the tuner you suggested sub worked like a charm.

Thank you!

The other half was getting a bit ansy that her shows wouldn't get recorded and I was looking at sleeping on the couch until it got right!

snag

[sub]

I'm back up and running!

Saved npvr.db3 and did a fresh install. It fixed my problems and adding in the tuner you suggested sub worked like a charm.

Great.